[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR472.5]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                EDUCATION

 

PART 472_NATIONAL WORKPLACE LITERACY PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 472.5  What definitions apply?



    (a) The definitions in 34 CFR 460.4 apply to this part.

    (b) The following definitions also apply to this part:

    Adult worker means an individual who has attained 16 years of age or 

who is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance under State law, 

and whose receipt of project services is expected to result in new 

employment, enhanced skills related to continued employment, career 

advancement, or increased productivity.

    Area vocational school means--

    (1) A specialized high school used exclusively or principally for 

the provision of vocational education to individuals who are available 

for study in preparation for entering the labor market;

    (2) The department of a high school exclusively or principally used 

for providing vocational education in no less than five different 

occupational fields to individuals who are available for study in 

preparation for entering the labor market;

    (3) A technical institute or vocational school used exclusively or 

principally for the provision of vocational education to individuals who 

have completed or left high school and who are available for study in 

preparation for entering the labor market; or

    (4) The department or division of a junior college or community 

college or university operating under the policies of the State board 

and that provides vocational education in no less than five different 

occupational fields leading to immediate employment but not necessarily 

leading to a baccalaureate degree, if, in the case of a school, 

department, or division described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this 

definition it admits as regular students both individuals who have 

completed high school and individuals who have left high school.





(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2471)



    Business and industry organizations include, but are not limited 

to--

    (1) For-profit businesses or industrial concerns;

    (2) Nonprofit businesses or industrial concerns, such as hospitals 

and nursing homes;

    (3) Associations of business and industry organizations, such as 

local or State Chambers of Commerce;

    (4) Associations of private industry councils; and

    (5) Educational associations--such as the American Association for 

Adult and Continuing Education, the American Council on Education, the 

National Association for Bilingual Education, the National Association 

of Independent Colleges and Universities, or the National Association of 

Technical and Trade Schools.

    Contractor means an individual or organization other than a partner 

that provides specific and limited services, equipment, or supplies to a 

partnership under a contractual agreement.

    Employment and training agency includes any nonprofit agency that 

provides--as a substantial portion of its activity--employment and 

training services, either directly or through contract.

    Helping organization means an entity other than a partner that 

voluntarily assists a partnership by providing services, technical 

assistance, or cash or in-kind contributions to the project. Helping 

organizations may not be recipients of funds from partners or serve as 

contractors.

    Partner means an entity included in the list of entities in Sec. 

472.2(a) (1) or (2).



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    Private industry council means the private industry council 

established under section 102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 

U.S.C. 1512).

    Project director means the person with day-to-day operational 

responsibility for the project.

    Site means an entity other than a partner that participates in a 

project by providing adult workers to be trained and, at the site's 

option, space for this training. A site may not be a recipient of funds 

from partners or serve as a contractor.

    Small business means a business entity that--

    (1) Is organized for profit, with a place of business located in the 

United States and that makes a significant contribution to the U.S. 

economy through payment of taxes or use of American products, materials, 

or labor, or both; and

    (2) May be in the legal form of an individual proprietorship, 

partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, trust or a 

cooperative, except that if the form is a joint venture, there can be no 

more than 49 percent participation by foreign business entities in the 

joint venture; and

    (3) Meets the requirements found in 13 CFR part 121 concerning 

Standard Industrial Classification codes and size standards.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a))



[54 FR 34418, Aug. 18, 1989. Redesignated at 57 FR 24091, June 5, 1992, 

and amended at 59 FR 1443, Jan. 10, 1994]



Subpart B [Reserved]